Senior Leadership Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

EducationCPV 80000000

Value£50k

Deadline24 Aug 2026

Published4 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 4 Aug 202619 days leftCloses 24 Aug 2026

Who to contact

yasmin.o'farrell@norfolk.police.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£50ktotal contract value

median £84k

this tender£0£2.4m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Education & Training band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex has published 60 notices across all categories, and 52% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Essex Police invite suitably qualified and experienced suppliers to submit a quotation for the design and delivery of a Senior Leadership Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme.

What it takes to bid this

5–9 daysof bid-team effort

£3.4k–£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates

Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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